Good morning. It got cold last night and at 4am I was looking for some warmth. The bed just has a very thin blanket and I couldn’t find any additional blankets. That’s weird because this is supposed to sleep four with the couch.

Fortunately I found this space heater which…

I had a tough time sleeping last night because of this light shining in from the house in front of my Airbnb. I went out to see if it was something I could control and found two people from the Airbnb in front of mine were sitting on the…

I just made it to Galveston around 1:30pm. I am planning on going to the Dickens on The Strand parade at 2pm. That’s about a 20 minute walk from here so this is perfect timing. I’m parked at my Airbnb. Check-in isn’t until 3pm but since I have plans,…

This weekend is the 53rd annual Dickens on the Strand in Galveston.
Dickens on the Strand is held the first weekend of December. It’s a festival with a 19th century London theme. We will see many people dressed in Victorian costumes. 

There’s a 2pm parade which is what I was timing…

I booked this Airbnb to be close to the beach. It was a bit farther than the one I stayed at last year but this one was $168 for the two nights where that one was going to be $235.
The location is less than a half a mile to…

Texas City is about at 25-minute drive to the port of Galveston. I was able to get a room at the Quality Inn I-45 in Texas City for a total of $80 on Hotwire. That was for a Thursday night before a Friday cruise on Norwegian Prima out of…